Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268339AbUJOTog (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:44:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268397AbUJOTof (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:44:35 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:11216 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268339AbUJOToG (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:44:06 -0400 Subject: Re: Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT? From: Alan Cox To: Kendall Bennett Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <416FB275.6425.1C3D985@localhost> References: <416E8322.25700.29ACC2F1@localhost> <416FB275.6425.1C3D985@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1097865683.10132.190.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:41:24 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 17 On Gwe, 2004-10-15 at 19:20, Kendall Bennett wrote: > Also I assume the code would need to end up in the initrg image, correct? > Can you point me at some resources to learn more about how to get custom > code into the initrd image? Just roll whatever you want into it. Its a file system that is your initial root fs and is then swapped to appear under a file system it mounts (and finally potentially is freed). Something like the Red Hat "mkinitrd" ought to give you a good flavour of what you can do with it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/